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Anecdotal Carnivore Update. Lost 30 lbs with a carnivore lifestyle so far and I am 80 lbs down from peak weight (267 to 187). Now that I have gone back to a healthier balance of carb and sugar burning modes (after hard core carnivore and after weight stabilization) my cholesterol numbers are better than ever through this whole process. It took less than 1 month for my cholesterol numbers to turn "bad" but how else was my body going to burn fat everyday for energy without transporting the fat around my body in the same molecules that transport cholesterol. Duh water and oil dont mix so oils need a transport molecule and fats and cholesterol are oily. I love carnivore lifestyle. Got a quarter cow on the way. Hopefully it lasts 3 months. Carnivore is not a miracle. It is a tool. Stay active. Get outside. Be anal. Be balanced. Build muscle. Warm up properly. Perfect the technique. Buy a lipid analyzer. Do OMAD or 4-hour eating windows when it is easiest to do so. Do pull-ups push-ups dips sprints leg calisthenics, have fun, laugh, etc...

Got teeth cleaning and xray done yesterday. No extras. No insurance. When quoted USD 318 for the service I asked if that includes the loyal customer discount. The lady laughed and laughed because maybe a customer of 2 years is not loyal enough or maybe the loyal customers are not the patients. Perhaps the loyal customers are the insurance companies and the patients are simply the transactionary vessels. Fucking obviously.

The coolest name ever in basketball is Tim Dunkin' Sorry, AI.

The ultimate sin is encouraging a Yoko. Don't encourage a Yoko. Lennon died on that cross so we dont have to. Or What is horrible and must be stopped? Today it's air-drumming-kids (new buckminster-inspired-word) that don't know a snare from a tom. First learn. Then pretend. Not pretend and never learn.

A few little bits better than the 4% rule of thumb. Here is a step-by-step to know (when you can stop working for fiat) if you have enough of a baseline asset value to sell assets for living expenses and at least maintain your baseline asset value over the future (number don't go down). This is based on averages, such as extrapolating average historical performances into the future. I only know the wheels will keep spinning. No one knows how they will spin at any given moment. Typically, most of the time its a fast and accelerating wheel spinning (10% average annual return on investment) with some times of quick and short wheel spinning (deflationary times, systemic margin calls, notable drawdowns, reaching for collateral, etc.) and some times of slow and decelerating spinning (stagflation). You have to be able to survive all of the above scenarios for extended periods of time. You could be a "millionaire" now but string 5 deflationary years in a row and it's chaos a.d. (must keep printing fiat to avoid chaos a.d.). 1. Find your net worth (assets minus debt) example: 401k plus savings plus bitcoin minus mortgage and minus car notes) 2. track networth back at least 5 years and find the average annual compound growth rate (aacgr) example: search/ask/cc Google "what is the average annual compound growth rate for a starting net worth of (...enter your starting point net worth here...) (...enter your starting point of how many years ago here...) years ago and a current net worth of (...enter your current net worth here...) 3. Find assumed future aacgr. If answer from #2 is greater than 10% use 10% as the assumed future aacgr. Otherwise, use your calculated aacgr from #2 as your assumed future aacgr. Current net worth must be greater than starting point net worth. 4. Find maximum allowable annual spending (maas). Multiply current net worth times assumed future aacgr from #3 to equal maas. example: multiply 1 million net worth times 10% assumed future aacgr equals 100,000 maas. 5. Find your last year total spending and living expenses including amounts charged to credit cards. !!!!! To stop working and at least maintain your current baseline net worth!!!!!, your last year of spending must be below your maas value found in #4 above. 6. Life happens. Track and reassess regularly. You might be pleasantly surprised at the cost of health insurance after your income decreases. Check health insurance benefits available to you. 7. This calculation assumes we are entering inflationary years ahead (decades) but periods of deflationary years are possible, especially 2 or 3 deflationary years in a row and will wreck this rough calculation. And wreck is definitely no bueno. Don't even ask what happens if your bad investment choices and poor sell timing skills are coupled with deflationary years. Don't look at me. Look in the mirror.

Did you know there are about 190 countries in the world and only about 10 of them have no active Bitcoin nodes?

I have trust issues. It's a blessing and a curse.

Just got a text to donate to Gavin Newsbum soliciting donations to fight against the federal government. And immediately after receiving the text my left hand started reaching for cash in my pocket. Now my right hand is waiting for my left hand to come out of my pocket to get a cut.

Elon always knew partisan politics is bad for business. His out was already in the books from day one. All he needed to do first was to "legally" hack and plunder the data reserves of the USA. Who does Elon really fight for? Himself? Or USA? What does the benevolent billionaire and smoking hot lesbian have in common? Neither exist.

Clue #1 MIL = malfunction indicator lamp and MIL = mother in law

Clue #1 AOC = abnormal operating condition and AOC = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Serious question. Do you take a shit everyday and wanna save valuable time and save cuckbucks on toilet paper? Here are my top 2 tips. My father-in-law is what I call a whole-foods-scavenger. Eye of Sauron level of super high fibrous vegetable consumption. He once threw up in my bathroom sink and clogged it. As I proceeded to snake the drain one of the things I found looked like the stem of a cherry - which might have been the culprit. Anyways, he says he takes 5 shits a day. Holy shit that's a lot of toilet paper I told him. So without any further adieu do here are my top 2 tips because 1 is too small a number and 3 is just too much number. 1) go carnivore. use carnivore as an optimization. I stay regular at once every 3 days on carnivore. 2) use a bidet. I've tried a couple of non- electric bidets and the cheap $40 one was perfect. I think toilet paper was giving me hemorrhoid symptoms. My hemorrhoid symptoms vanished after switching to a bidet. My kids stopped complaining as well. Don't get 👌 👍 Watch South Park episode Japanese Toilet for more inspriation.

Carnivore update. Bloodwork update. This is a 2 month summary into what I'm calling my pseudo-carnivore lifestyle. Pseudo because I started adding in avocado and small servings of fermented products after week 2 as well as initiating other experiments per item 7 below. I purchased home metering devices for blood glucose, blood lipids (cholesterol), and blood pressure. I also visited a clinic for "official" lab bloodwork. The most interesting findings after 2 months: 1) 217 lbs down to 192. 2) all my previous lifetime of "official" lab bloodwork was normal even at my peak weight of 267 lbs; however now 2 home tests show above normal LDL levels roughly double the max normal level and increasing over time (opposite of my weight). 3) all home & lab blood glucose meter tests are in the 70s and 80s mg/dl except after some hard sprinting while fasting when my reading was 115 mg/dl. 4) couple of times before/after blood glucose readings didn't budge much at all after 1 hour of cardio. 5) glucose and LDL "official" lab work shows lower numbers than what I get on my home metering devices. 6) highest blood pressure reading was after morning coffee at 131/78. 7) experimenting "off-carnivore" last weekend with food by eating meatballs with marinara sauce on a Friday, burger with french fries on Saturday, and coleslaw on Sunday and I retained water like crazy and went from 192 to 197 lbs. Monday and Tuesday come around and I'm back to full carnivore and I'm back down to 192 lbs within 2 days. 8) bowel movements from a regular daily to a regular every 3 days - 66.6% cost savings on TP. ... blah blah blah. 69,420) Hey, James Brown, how do I feel?

Did James Harden invent the stop, pop, and flop?

Am I lucky? Notice the timing of the buys all at the trough of the business cycle where incentives were high and interest rates were low. Bought my 2nd automobile in 2019 with a 6-year 0% interest loan. Bought my 1st house in 2013 with a 30-year 3.75% interest loan. Bought my 1st automobile in 2009 with a low interest loan (I don't recall the rate). I'm starting to get the itch for my 2nd house. This year or next year perhaps? I am lucky.

Just like #covid didn't cause the last #recession, the #tradewars didn't cause this #recession. There is a lag in the cycle. The cause of this recession began at the start of the last stimulus. The cycle is the cycle no matter the #POTUS.

Tariffs are more about certain countries (China for one) winding down the usage and holding of USD (in global trade including oil) than manufacturing. USA needs to export more USD (pay more for imports). Can you feel that trickle down in the air?

This trickle down stuff doesn't feel so good.

Did you know that fiber optic cables can be used as a microphone?

Politics is an important realm of existential proportions. Politics mediates the all-or-nothing attitudes on many different topics around the globe throughout all of human history. I once saw a CEO proudly say he didn't care for politics and didn't use them in his assention or reign blah blah. The political realm exists. It's not all bad or all good (notice the absence of the all-or-nothing attitude). No one can unsubscribe from politics when more than one human is involved. Simply impossible (excluding beliefs). Don't try to fix the politics. Many times it's simply a swarm of all-or-nothing attitudes. Fix your all-or-nothing attitude. Sometimes maximum #freedom is letting go. It's all a relative spectrum.